Tag: Public health
Jody David Armour was interviewed on Fox11 Los Angeles about the call for the public to wear masks while going on essential errands in Los Angeles due to COVID-19.
Los Angeles Times quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on a trial where the drug-addicted mother of a stillborn has been charged with murder.
by Olivia Olson Despite being one of the richest, most resource-dense, and innovative countries on the globe, the United States “remains the most obese country in the world.” Given that obesity…
Fast-Forward to the Frightening Future: How the 21st Century Cures Act Accelerates Technological Innovation…at Unknown Risk to Us All Anthony W. Orlando, Arnold J. Rosoff First Published August 14, 2018…
by Robyn Burleson Prescription drug and heroin abuse continues to be one of the major public health crises facing the United States. Drug overdoses are skyrocketing across the nation, largely due…
by Raphael Bostic I heard a story recently about a man who lived in a crooked apartment. The floor was sloped, so that if you placed a bottle at one end…
by Patricia Quintero Estades If you’re like me, you don’t worry about how you’ll get your next glass of water to drink or your next shower. In most developed nations, clean…
by Raphael Bostic About 150 years ago, people figured out that lead pipes could kill them. In 1861, fifty prisoners in King County Jail in Brooklyn started vomiting uncontrollably, until a…
by Robyn Burleson Heroin abuse is one of the major public health and governance crises facing the United States today, and political leaders are urging innovative action plans to reduce…
originally published on USC News, March 27, 2015 By overcoming obstacles, health services official reforms public health and strengthens communities How does policy work impact public health issues and the…